Charter school applications decline

6:59 PM,
Apr. 22, 2013

Metro Nashville school board member Will Pinkston

Written by

Lisa Fingeroot
| The Tennessean

Applications to start new charter schools in Metro are at their lowest level in three years, and a school board member believes charter operators may be stepping back and reassessing their place in the Nashville market.

"I have not looked at the numbers side by side, but I will say I've had a couple of people say to me over the past three months that it is an unsettled time in Nashville because of what's going on in the legislature and because of Great Hearts," said board member Will Pinkston.

The six charter school applications submitted this month to Metro Nashville schools all focus on at-risk ...